34-908. EACH BALLOT TO CARRY OFFICIAL ELECTION BALLOT IDENTIFICATION ON OUTSIDE — MARKING OF BALLOT BY VOTER. (1) Every ballot used at any primary, general or special election shall be marked on the outside with the official election ballot identification before it is given to the voter. At this time the election official distributing the ballots shall give the voter instructions in regard to folding the ballot after he has voted.
(2) The voter shall mark his ballot with a cross (X) or other mark sufficient to show his intent in the place provided after the name of the candidate for whom he intends to vote for each office.
(3) If a person votes by writing the name of a candidate on the ballot, such act shall constitute a vote for the person’s name who appears without the necessity of placing a mark after the name written on the ballot, unless such a mark is required by a vote tally system.
History:
[34-908, added 1970, ch. 140, sec. 128, p. 351; am. 1988, ch. 293, sec. 1, p. 932; am. 2013, ch. 285, sec. 3, p. 736.]
Structure Idaho Code
Section 34-901 - OFFICIAL ELECTION BALLOT IDENTIFICATION.
Section 34-903A - NAME ON BALLOT.
Section 34-904 - PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOTS.
Section 34-904A - ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
Section 34-905 - NONPARTISAN BALLOTS FOR ELECTION OF JUSTICES OF SUPREME COURT AND DISTRICT JUDGES.
Section 34-906 - BALLOTS FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS.
Section 34-909 - GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOTS FORWARDED TO COUNTIES BY SECRETARY OF STATE.
Section 34-911 - COUNTY CLERK TO PREPARE FULL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF VOTERS AT ELECTIONS.
Section 34-912 - PROCEDURE FOR CORRECTION OF BALLOTS WHEN VACANCY OCCURS AFTER PRINTING — NOTICE.
Section 34-913 - DISCLOSURES IN ELECTIONS TO AUTHORIZE BONDED INDEBTEDNESS.
Section 34-914 - DISCLOSURES IN ELECTIONS TO AUTHORIZE A LEVY.